[SATLUG] Connecting to Wireless Networks

[Matt Kinsel]

Thanks for the help everybody.  I've compiled everyone's instructions into
the following procedure of commands below:

<begin commands>
ifconfig eth0 up (turns on card)

iwlist eth0 scan (lists wireless networks in range)

iwconfig eth0 essid "RouterName" key "BunchOfNumbersIfNeeded" mode managed
(creates connection with desired access point)

dhclient eth1 -r (drops old IP)

dhclient eth1 -l (obtains new IP)

iwconfig eth0 (verify connection with access point)

dhclient -q eth0 & (don't know why, but it's required)
<end commands>

Can y'all verify that I got these correct?  I will try them out as soon as I
get a chance.

Thanks again.


On 11/28/06, John Pappas <J at jvpappas.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 07:49 -0600, twistedpickles wrote:
> > On 11/27/06, twistedpickles <twistedpickles at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I run FC5 on a dell D620 and as mentioned in earlier post I also use
> > > iwlist eth1 scan # to can for wifi networks
> > > iwconfig eth1 essid "WapName" key "If_Applies"
> > > iwconfig eth1 #verify connection
> > > dclient -q eth1 & #won't work without this
> >
> > correction on the above:
> >
> > iwlist eth1 scanning # scan for networks
> > iwconfig eth1 essid "WapName" key "If_Applies" mode managed
> >
> > If I am changing from one wap to a different wap and where on had a
> > key and now doesn't then:
> >
> > iwconfig eth1 essid "NewWap" key off mode managed
> > dhclient eth1 -r # release IP
> > dhclient eth1 -l # renew IP
>
> I thought that FC used a different DHCP client implementation.  Thanks
> for the info!
>
> John
>
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